Membranous Synonyms

mĕmbrə-nəs
Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. membrane-forming

Words Related to Membranous

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Membranous Sentence Examples

  • The bark in most of the trees occurs in fine soft membranous layers, the outer cuticle of which peels off in thin, white, papery sheets.

  • The arches bear on the convex outer side the delicate arborescent gills, and on the concave inner side develop a membranous septum with vermicular perforations, a special sifting or filtering contrivance through which the water absorbed by the mouth has to pass before reaching the respiratory organs of the branchial apparatus.

  • In birds, this stalk consists entirely of blood-vessels, which in the adult enclose no terminal vesicle, and fuse with the membranous linings of the skull.

  • Cephalic shield ending posteriorly in a median point; shell internal, largely membranous; no radula or stomachal plates.

  • Cephalic shield pointed behind; shell internal, chiefly membranous, with calcified nucleus, nautiloid; parapodia forming fins.

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